Newstalk: Off The Ball

Is he still in full on Kenny support or is he accepting begrudgingly that it hasn't worked? Heard Shane Coleman saying he should be given an other contract yesterday morning when talking to OTB at 7.30.

Why would they? The metrics y which people are judge by Giles and Dunphy are:

1. Is he a good lad?

2. Is he doing his stuff?

I know he was a fantastic player but I cant listen to Giles on OTB at all, he always talks about "doing his stuff" or "doing it". I'm sure his tactical acumen is amazing given the level he played at but his ability to communicate that is exceptionally poor. Which is fine if he wasnt being paid to do that.

I was a weekly OTB podcast listener and it did fill a lot of my podcast feed but that's mostly cos A Slight Tangent was an hour long and the paper review were my main staples and maybe the odd random interview/segment e.g. Pat Nevin or ROG when he's on, with 3 kids its not easy to get time to listen to much else. I am at a loss for finding a substitute currently and have considered paying €10 a month but I really dont think it's worth it for me. I downloaded the OTB app and I considered using the 3 free listens a month but still havent done that for 1 month yet.

Doherty is a defensive liability. He is constantly costing us goals

What did Jamie Heaslip say about tech? I've seen a few tweets about this but don't know what its about.

What's the story there?

I wouldn't assume so. He has really show his true colours here. But the Rugby fraternity are sacred and untouchable. Even if you google it I'd say MSM aren't really doing a number on him. Inconsistent with how other sports people are treated. Look how much Neil Francis has gotten away with FFS.

Cringeworthy, but he works for Stripe now. Must be spending too much time on LinkedIn

James McClean "great" for Ireland. I've heard it all now.

Whilst I wouldn't call Doherty great for Ireland that can be said for any of our players to be honest. The clue is in the silly possession system that Kenny is trying to play. One of Dohertys and McCleans best attributes is direct running, getting to the byline and getting in a cross. Or else coming inside and shooting. We just don't do that anymore.

Indeed our strongest game over the years has always been to get the ball into attacking positions quickly and turn defenders. Apparently though this is dinosaur stuff so we have to go out and try to pass for the sake of it.

McClean is certainly past it and he is bitter that he is ever questioned about that. A league 2 player has no business being anywhere near our international squad in all honesty.

OTB with John Duggan have lost a lot of respect at this stage. Journalist integrity has gone out the window for them with their relentless backing of failure and some of them continue in that vein. Their backing of Kenny and his shambolic regime has little to do with football and more to do with access to him and his backroom team. OTB with the paywall have all but killed themselves. They just aren't good enough to pull off nonsensical,contrarian or controversial opinions and charge for it.

Slightly off tangent here folks.. is this the Off The Ball forum or a Irish Football Chat?

Has his finger in a lot of pies. Heavily promoted on RTE radio ads with Donal Lenihan for Irish Examiner columns

How do I sign up for the months free trial? I can't see anything about it. I want to sign up, binge listen to what I want, then unsubscribe. I think the free month is only for if you sign up for the year?